Human Footprint in natural World Heritage sites
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Everglades National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

Mammoth Cave National Park

Olympic National Park

Redwood National and State Parks

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yosemite National Park

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This page provides additional site specific information in the recent publication titled: Recent increases in human pressure and forest loss threaten many Natural World Heritage Sites. This is the first global quantitative assessment of how humanity is negatively affecting natural World Heritage sites and here we provide crucial baseline information which is neccessary for their ongoing preservation.

Data sources

Human footprint 1993 and 2009

Natural World Heritage sites

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